Jordan Alexzandra Yates - Conclusion

Jordan Alexzandra Yates - Conclusion

Students of Color Oral History Project

Millersville University Archives and Special Collections

Millersville University Archives and Special Collections

September 28th, 2018

Millersville University Archives and Special Collections

Tyler Funk

Jordan Alexzandra Yates

Millersville University

You have to be open. Like…open mindset, like one hundred percent. I've learned so much. . .here. Like, just in college in general you need to be open. Like, not even about MU, you just have to have an open mind. It’s not your hometown anymore; it’s not the simple minds that once formed a community. It's different tribes, basically, coming together to form a new one. And, if Sally likes purple but Frank likes red, you’ve got to come and find magenta; to be in the middle basically. Like, I think that's the best advice that I can give. That and, like, be yourself in a way. Like, don't feel like you have to decrease your behavior because you're the only black child in the room. Or if you're a white student don't feel like you have to not say anything because you're the only white student in the classroom.